- Hardcover: 296 pages
- Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press; 1st Edition edition (April 1 1987)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0809313766
- ISBN-13: 978-0809313761
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 626 g
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Product Details |
Product Description
Product Description
These 17 original essays, written for the sixth Eaton Conference on Fantasy and Science Fiction, explore the uses, origins, and forms of future fiction. The contributors are George E. Slusser, Paul Alkon, Marie-Hélène Huet, Howard V. Hendrix, Bradford Lyau, Gregory Benford, José Manuel Mota, Frederik Pohl, George Hay, Colin Greenland, John Huntington, Elizabeth Maslen, W. M. S. and Claire Russell, T. A. Shippey, Kenneth V. Bailey, Gary Kern, and Frank McConnell.
The essays address the question “Do we call up images of future societies in order to prepare for them, or to forestall their ever coming into existence?”
About the Author
George E. Slusser is Curator of the Eaton Collection at the University of California, Riverside.
Colin Greenland is a novelist and critic whose reviews appear regularly in the Times Literary Supplement.
Eric S. Rabkin is Professor of English at the University of Michigan.
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet on Amazon Canada
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
